Karl-Anthony Towns vs. Scott Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Scott Williams and Karl-Anthony Towns, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.

Karl-Anthony Towns played 9 years in the NBA, 6 less than Scott Williams, who played 15. Karl-Anthony Towns had the first of his seasons in 2015-16, while Scott Williams had his rookie season in 1990-91. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Karl-Anthony Towns	9	4	2015-16 to 2023-24
Scott Williams	15	8	1990-91 to 2004-05

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Karl-Anthony Towns	Scott Williams
Season	2015-16	1990-91
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie First Team	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Karl-Anthony Towns	82	32.0	18.3	2.8	7.7	10.5	2.0	0.7	1.7	2.2	3.0	7.6	14.1	.542	0.4	1.1	.341	2.7	3.4	.811
Scott Williams	51	6.6	2.5	0.8	1.1	1.9	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.5	1.0	1.0	2.0	.510	0.0	0.0	.500	0.4	0.5	.714

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Scott Williams	12	6.0	1.9	0.3	1.3	1.7	0.3	0.1	0.3	0.3	1.3	0.5	1.1	.462	0.0	0.1	.000	0.9	1.7	.550


Season 2
	Karl-Anthony Towns	Scott Williams
Season	2016-17	1991-92
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Karl-Anthony Towns	82	37.0	25.1	3.6	8.7	12.3	2.7	0.7	1.3	2.6	2.9	9.8	18.0	.542	1.2	3.4	.367	4.3	5.2	.832
Scott Williams	63	11.0	3.4	1.4	2.5	3.9	0.8	0.2	0.6	0.6	1.9	1.3	2.7	.483	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	1.2	.649

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Scott Williams	22	14.6	4.0	1.5	2.8	4.3	0.3	0.3	0.8	0.7	3.0	1.5	3.2	.486	0.0	0.0	.000	0.9	1.3	.714


Season 3
	Karl-Anthony Towns	Scott Williams
Season	2017-18	1992-93
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Karl-Anthony Towns	82	35.6	21.3	2.9	9.4	12.3	2.4	0.8	1.4	1.9	3.5	7.8	14.3	.545	1.5	3.5	.421	4.2	4.9	.858
Scott Williams	71	19.3	5.9	2.4	4.0	6.4	1.0	0.8	0.9	1.0	3.2	2.3	5.0	.466	0.0	0.1	.000	1.3	1.8	.714

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Karl-Anthony Towns	5	34.0	15.2	3.0	10.4	13.4	2.2	0.4	1.0	2.4	2.8	5.6	12.0	.467	0.6	2.2	.273	3.4	4.6	.739
Scott Williams	19	20.8	5.5	2.1	3.7	5.8	1.4	0.4	0.9	1.3	3.1	2.3	4.6	.506	0.0	0.1	.000	0.8	1.5	.552


Season 4
	Karl-Anthony Towns	Scott Williams
Season	2018-19	1993-94
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Chicago Bulls
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Bulls Lost East Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Karl-Anthony Towns	77	33.1	24.4	3.4	9.0	12.4	3.4	0.9	1.6	3.1	3.8	8.8	17.1	.518	1.8	4.6	.400	4.9	5.8	.836
Scott Williams	38	16.8	7.6	1.8	2.9	4.8	1.0	0.4	0.6	1.2	2.9	3.0	6.2	.483	0.0	0.1	.200	1.6	2.6	.612

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Scott Williams	10	15.1	6.3	1.5	2.4	3.9	0.7	0.7	0.3	0.9	2.3	2.4	5.7	.421	0.0	0.0	-	1.5	2.1	.714


Season 5
	Karl-Anthony Towns	Scott Williams
Season	2019-20	1994-95
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Karl-Anthony Towns	35	33.9	26.5	2.7	8.1	10.8	4.4	0.9	1.2	3.1	3.3	9.0	17.8	.508	3.3	7.9	.412	5.1	6.5	.796
Scott Williams	77	23.1	6.4	2.2	4.1	6.3	0.8	0.9	0.5	1.1	3.1	2.7	5.6	.475	0.0	0.1	.000	1.0	1.4	.738

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Scott Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 6
	Karl-Anthony Towns	Scott Williams
Season	2020-21	1995-96
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Karl-Anthony Towns	50	33.8	24.8	2.7	7.9	10.6	4.5	0.8	1.1	3.2	3.7	8.5	17.5	.486	2.4	6.3	.387	5.3	6.2	.859
Scott Williams	13	14.8	3.1	1.0	2.5	3.5	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.6	2.1	1.2	2.2	.517	0.0	0.2	.000	0.8	0.9	.833

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Scott Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 7
	Karl-Anthony Towns	Scott Williams
Season	2021-22	1996-97
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Third Team	-
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Karl-Anthony Towns	74	33.5	24.6	2.6	7.2	9.8	3.6	1.0	1.1	3.1	3.6	8.7	16.4	.529	2.0	4.9	.410	5.2	6.3	.822
Scott Williams	62	21.2	5.8	2.5	3.9	6.4	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.8	3.3	2.6	5.1	.509	0.0	0.0	.000	0.6	0.9	.691

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Karl-Anthony Towns	6	37.0	21.8	1.8	9.0	10.8	2.2	0.7	2.0	4.5	4.2	6.5	13.3	.488	1.7	3.7	.455	7.2	8.3	.860
Scott Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 8
	Karl-Anthony Towns	Scott Williams
Season	2022-23	1997-98
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Philadelphia 76ers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Timberwolves Lost West Conf 1st Rd	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Karl-Anthony Towns	29	33.0	20.8	1.7	6.5	8.1	4.8	0.7	0.6	3.0	3.8	7.3	14.8	.495	2.1	5.7	.366	4.1	4.7	.874
Scott Williams	58	13.8	4.1	1.5	2.1	3.6	0.5	0.3	0.4	0.5	2.3	1.6	3.7	.437	0.0	0.1	.000	0.9	1.1	.810

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Karl-Anthony Towns	5	36.0	18.2	1.2	9.0	10.2	2.0	0.6	0.8	3.6	4.2	6.4	14.0	.457	1.2	4.8	.250	4.2	5.6	.750
Scott Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 9
	Karl-Anthony Towns	Scott Williams
Season	2023-24	1998-99
Team	Minnesota Timberwolves	Philadelphia 76ers, Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Timberwolves TBD	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Karl-Anthony Towns	62	32.7	21.8	1.5	6.8	8.3	3.0	0.7	0.7	2.9	3.3	7.7	15.3	.504	2.2	5.3	.416	4.1	4.7	.873
Scott Williams	7	6.6	2.0	0.4	1.6	2.0	0.1	0.4	0.3	0.6	1.3	0.7	2.4	.294	0.0	0.0	-	0.6	1.0	.571

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Karl-Anthony Towns	10	31.7	18.4	2.0	7.0	9.0	2.9	0.6	0.2	1.7	3.8	6.7	13.1	.511	2.1	4.4	.477	2.9	3.6	.806
Scott Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 10
	Karl-Anthony Towns	Scott Williams
Season	-	1999-00
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Bucks Lost East Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Scott Williams	68	21.9	7.6	2.6	4.0	6.6	0.4	0.6	1.0	1.0	3.4	3.1	6.3	.500	0.0	0.0	-	1.4	1.9	.729

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Scott Williams	5	18.6	10.2	1.8	3.8	5.6	0.4	0.4	1.0	0.8	3.2	4.6	7.2	.639	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	1.2	.833


Season 11
	Karl-Anthony Towns	Scott Williams
Season	-	2000-01
Team	-	Milwaukee Bucks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Bucks Lost East Conf Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Scott Williams	66	19.3	6.1	1.5	4.0	5.5	0.5	0.7	0.5	0.6	2.7	2.6	5.5	.474	0.0	0.1	.250	0.9	1.1	.857

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Scott Williams	17	22.2	7.9	2.6	4.5	7.2	0.7	0.6	1.4	0.7	3.4	3.5	7.1	.492	0.0	0.0	-	0.9	1.6	.571


Season 12
	Karl-Anthony Towns	Scott Williams
Season	-	2001-02
Team	-	Denver Nuggets
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Scott Williams	41	18.0	4.9	2.0	3.1	5.1	0.3	0.4	0.8	0.9	2.4	2.1	5.3	.396	0.0	0.0	.000	0.7	1.0	.732

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Scott Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 13
	Karl-Anthony Towns	Scott Williams
Season	-	2002-03
Team	-	Phoenix Suns
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Suns Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Scott Williams	69	12.6	4.0	1.0	1.8	2.8	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.5	2.3	1.7	4.2	.411	0.0	0.0	.000	0.5	0.6	.786

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Scott Williams	6	14.0	4.0	1.0	1.5	2.5	0.2	0.7	0.5	0.2	2.8	1.8	5.3	.344	0.0	0.0	-	0.3	0.3	1.000


Season 14
	Karl-Anthony Towns	Scott Williams
Season	-	2003-04
Team	-	Phoenix Suns, Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Mavericks Lost West Conf 1st Rd

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Scott Williams	43	12.3	4.6	0.9	2.2	3.1	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.4	2.2	2.1	4.3	.484	0.0	0.1	.667	0.4	0.6	.593

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Scott Williams	3	3.7	0.0	0.7	0.7	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.3	.000	0.0	0.0	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 15
	Karl-Anthony Towns	Scott Williams
Season	-	2004-05
Team	-	Cleveland Cavaliers
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	-	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Scott Williams	19	8.0	1.7	0.8	0.8	1.6	0.4	0.2	0.3	0.3	1.6	0.6	2.2	.293	0.0	0.1	.000	0.5	0.6	.818

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Karl-Anthony Towns	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Scott Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Karl-Anthony Towns vs. Scott Williams Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Scott Williams and Karl-Anthony Towns, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15